Seamless hosiery



Oct. 29,.1 929. a: ALL-EN sEAMLEss-Hosm'RY ori inal Filed Aug. 12

v WWW STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN M. ALLEN, 0F TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO SCOTT INCORPORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y;

SEAMLESS HOSIERY Application filed The principal objects of this invention are to produce a stocking in which the foot is formed to provide a very neat and snug fitting garment which will be free from-seams and loose irregular portions which are very uncomfortable to wear, thereby providing a stocking very neat in appearance and of a highly desirable quality.

A further and very important object is to effect a saving of time and material in the manufacture of hosiery.

feature of the invention construction of the toe of the stocking which is knitted in two halves and looped together, a gusset being formed between the meeting edges to effect the widening of the toe.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevational view of my improved hose as knitted, on the foot.

Figure 2 is a side view of the knitted foot shown fiat.

Figure 3 is a side view illustrating the manfabric of the toe portion is knitted prior to the looping of the two halves of the toe.

The principal consists in the novel Figure t is a detail showing" a modification of the gusset.

In the manufacture of this stocking which is made on a seamless knitting machine, the heel portion A is formed in the usual manner, as is the major portion B of the foot desired across the which is extended to the point C, at which point the machine is operated to knit the top and bottom toe sections separately. Each course of stitches in both the top) and bottom sections is reduced in length y removing one or more needles from action. In this manner a tapering toe is produced which tapers in both directions from the point C.

The removing of needles from action continues until the minimum number of stitches toe end is reached then on either the top or bottom section of the toe structure the knitting is continued to form a gusset D. This gusset is formed by first re- August 12, 1927, Serial No. 212,527. Renewed'June 11, 1928'.

number of stitches is knitted in this coursethan the number of stitches around the edge of the toe section as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. A certain definite number of needles are brought into action to knit the edge course and the next succeeding course is increased in length by returning one or more needles into action and so on so that each succeeding course in the gusset is increased in length by the introduction of one or more. needles, thus producing a tapering effect at the end of the gusset. The gusset is preferably from six to eight courses in depth and it is shorter in length than the edge of the tapered toe/section to which it is knitted. The gusset may, if desired, be formed bydecreasing the length of the successive courses of stitches, as illustrated in Figure 4.

Upon the completion of the gusset, the entire complement of needles of the machine is thrown into operation and a plurality of courses are knitted to the edge of the gusset and to the edges of the tapered toe sections to form a plurality oflooping courses E illustrated in Figure 3. The desired looping course is then put on a looping machine and the edges of the upper and lower separately knitted toe structures are connected together by the loop'stitching F which extends completely aroundthe toe end.

- In making the toe pouch by knitting both portions of the toe simultaneously, a considerable saving of time in the operation of the knitting machine is effected, consequently the manufacturer will be able to produce a very considerably increased number of stockings in the working time.

In manufacturing the toe of a silk or fine thread stocking in the instep yarn may be continued any desired disstance into the narrowing top toe section and it may then be changed to a cotton yarn or reinforcing yarn while the whol 2 bottom section of the foot may be knitted with cotton if desired. The continuation of the instep yarn, which is knitted tightly, into the toe section materially shortens the length of the & WILLIAMS,

manner described, the

top of the foot and an excellently fitting stocking is produced. The insertion of the ables the commencement of the narrowing of the toe sections to be extended much farther back toward theball of the foot than is usual as the gusset widens out thenarrow point and tapers off and discontinues'short of the full length of the tapered toe sections and eliminates bulging surplus material and dog cars at the ends of the tapered toe sections. This stocking can be very advantageously manufactured on the type of knitting machine known at a Split Foot machine which utilizes a double feed for the Whole foot structure. What I claim as my invention is:

1. -A stocking having a toe formed with the top and bottom halves each knitted integrally with the footand a gusset knitted between said halves and extending around the toe end, the edges of one of said halves and the gusset being stitched together. 2.. A stocking formed with light weight yarn'in the'instep and a heavier yarn in the -to e, -said toe being formed with the tapering l i topand bottom halvesknitted integrally with they foot and having the light instep continued for a'number of courses into the top half of the toe, the remainder of the top half being of a heavieryarn, the edges of the top and bottomhalves bei'ngstitched together.

3. A stocking formed .witha light weight yarn in the instep and a heavier yarn in the toe, said toe being formed with the tapering top and bottomhalves knitted integrally with the foot and having the light instep contin"ed ="fo r a number of courses into the top ""halffofthe toe, the remainder or said top half being reinforced, a gusset being knitted between said halves and extending around the toe end and the edges of one of said halves and gusset being looped together.

4. A stocking having tapering upper and lower toe sections knitted separately in continuation from the foot, a gusset of several courses and of lesser length than the edges of the toe sections being knitted with the courses extending around the end of one of ,the tapering toe sections, the edges of the I gusset and adjacent toe section being joined completely around the end of the toe.

5. A seamless foot hose having a full circle of stitches in the foot. portion, the upper toe ortion forming a continuation thereof and eing==knitted with a decreasing number of stitches in. each succeeding course to the toe end and the bottom toe portion being similar- 1y formed, one of said toe portions having a plurality of extra courses of stitches extending around the end for the major portion of the length of the edge thereof and "being I knitted thereto to form a gusset with tapered ends, and a course of loop stitches connecting the free edge of the inserted gusset and the adjacent toe section to the edge of the other toe section. 1 I

'6. In a stocking formed with alight yarn ing tapered off and meeting the tapered knitted edge of the'toe section, and a row of loop tapered edges of the two toe sections and the tapered edge 'of one of the toe sections with the tapered ends of the inserted courses and courses to complete the toe of the stocking.

7. A method of knitting a stocking, comprising knitting the foot, then knitting the upper and-lower to'e sections separately and in continuation of the foot progressively removing needles from.'action at the ends of the courses to form tapering sides, then immediately returning a plurality of needles stitching extending along and joining the the stitches of the outer course of the insert into action to lmit a course around the end of one of the toe sections of a lesser length than the edge thereof, then knitting a plurality of courses of progressively dilfering lengths to the first insert course producing a gussettapering to the ends, then stitching the end and tapered edges ofthe other toe section to said gusset and the tapered edges of the tapered section extending beyond the tapered edges of the sset. v I

8. A method of. ma 'ng hosiery, compris ing knitting the foot with a light yarn instep and a reinforced sole, then removing needles out of action to knit a tapered reinforced toe bottom and to knit a tapering toe top continuing the instep yarn beyond the commencement of the taper for a multiplicity of courses, then effecting a yarn change from a light instep yarn to'a reinforcing yarn in' the toe top and finishing the toe top with a reinforcin yarn tapering it to a narrow end, then knitting-a pered toe top 0 a plurality of courses extendingback to the juncture of the instep yarn with the reinforced yarn, then looping the edge of thereinforced bottom toe section to the edge of the gusset and to the ends of the'courses of the instep yarn extending into the toe section past the commencement of the taper.

9. A method of making a stocking, comprising knitting the foot to a point coincident with the greatest width of the foot of the wearer, the yarn of the sole being reinforced and heavier than the instep yarn, then removv ing needles from action and continuing the knitting of the instep yarn into a tapered j'toe section and knitting the sole yarn into a tapered toe section, making a. yarn change in the top portion intermediate of its length completing the top with the reinforced yarn, then knitting to the end and tapering edges" of one of the toe portions a plurality ofcourses to form a gusset with tapering ends,

the ends of the gusset to correspond with the length of the taperededge of the reinforced upper toe section, the knitting looping courses around the edges of said toe sections, and finally looping the edges of the toe sections together joining' the reinforced bottom toe sections to the light instep yarn of the upper toe section and the edge of the uss et with the remaining edge of the toe section.

10. A-method of making a stocking, comprising knitting the foot to a oint coincident with the greatest widtho the foot of I the wearer, using a light yarn in the insep and a reinforced yarn in the sole, then progressively removing needles from action and continuing the knitting of the reinforced sole yarn into a-tapered toe bottom and of the light instep yarn into a tapered toe to'p, making'a yarn change intermediate of the length of the toe top, then joining the edges of the top and bottom toe sections.

11. A seamless stocking having a foot section and upper and lower tapered toe segments each knit separately and integrally with the'foot section, in combination with a gusset knit to the edge of one of said sections, the edge of the'other section being stitched to the edge of the gusset and-the edges of the toe sections extending beyond the gusset.

12. A seamless stocking having a foot section and upper and lower tapered toe segof the toe.

JO M. ALLEN. 

